01/06/2026
"After having a horrible 3 years of not taking care of myself - taking care of my dad with dementia, grieving the loss of my partner, and feeling like a blob (like those people on Wall-E) - I was in tears and looking for a place that could support me. I knew I needed something, especially having a background of martial arts, gymnastics, and my profession being a massage therapist. So when I got to this very vulnerable place in my life, I knew I needed to start at the most basic level, because if I just jumped back into what I was used to doing, I would hurt myself and I wouldn’t be able to sustain it.
As a structural massage therapist, I know very well that you need to break the body down to the basics to begin healing and start functional movement. I had been introduced to Body by Science by my late partner and when I found The Exercise Coach - this place and these machines, this is the way to go! I knew I would be safe while I built myself back into shape.
That was 7 months ago. Since then, I have lost 10 lbs- which was not my main goal of feeling strong again. Within the first 2 months, I was squatting to pick up my grandkids. At 4 months, I was actively running the dogs without knee pain. After 7 months, I am running up and down stairs and doing interval runs with my dog. My chest doesn’t burn, it’s not on fire anymore, because I am getting that workout that my lungs need. I can barely even remember or imagine how I used to feel before I started these 20-minute workouts, twice a week.
Going to a regular gym makes no sense to me at all. That is largely because I feel safe, all the coaches know exactly what I’m going through, even when I work with a different coach from day to day. The notes they keep are so good! The tweaks they add to make it more effective…they know the body really well and they know how to touch base with you when you’re not feeling 100%. For that reason alone, even if you have the smallest little thing, come do this. Your muscles will become more balanced in such a short amount of time. My posture completely changed- no back pain! I’m standing upright. My diaphragm is fully opening up, my lungs are fully dropping out. All this has happened in such a short amount of time!"
- Andrea H., Sandy, UT